Carolyn Jones
Known for Acting
Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American film and television actress. She began her career in the early 1950s and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising actresses of 1959. In 1964 she began playing the role of Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family.
Filmography
How the West Was Won
1962
as Julie Rawlings
The War of the Worlds
1953
as Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Miss Finch
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Cindy Fontaine
The Big Heat
1953
as Doris
House of Wax
1953
as Cathy Gray
Désirée
1954
as Mme. Tallien
King Creole
1958
as Ronnie
Road to Bali
1952
as Eunice (uncredited)
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
as Linda, Craig's Girl
Halloween with the New Addams Family
1977
as Morticia Addams/Ophelia Frump
Eaten Alive
1976
as Miss Hattie
A Hole in the Head
1959
as Shirl
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Pat
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
as Morticia Addams (Voice)
Demon and the Mummy
1976
as Registrar
Heaven with a Gun
1969
as Madge McCloud
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Beth
Career
1959
as Shirley Drake